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GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

I swear, I had this idea back in September.

The way this works is that I will release a clue a day starting with the 16th and ending on the 31st.
Each clue will hopefully be released around noon EDT, but I make no promises.
Each clue will tell you only a single character of the gem code.
Therefore, I politely request that no one tries bruteforcing it.

For reference, this is how I have divided the gem code into sections:

the second character of the second set is X.

I should warn everyone that there WILL be some technical stuff.
HOWEVER, several of the clues do not require any specific knowledge.
But yes, you will probably have to Google some things.

Lastly, it's Halloween, so I will give you one small, cryptic hint:
trick or treat.

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Zoey2070

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From: Shakuras

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

CLUES

I'll just keep all the clues here.

▼Day One

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/rcuvv71 … t_club.mp3
apologies for those who didn't want to download anything.

also, it has come to my attention that I didn't test the first version, so here's a new, solvable one:
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/rjx33a3 … club_2.mp3

▼Day Two

▼Day Three

http://www.mediafire.com/view/19t4j8kkl … _a_day.rtf
bro-tip: you're going to need something stronger than wordpad for this one.

▼Day Four

#abd #aej #ade #jdj 
#afd #aej #aea #afb #add #jdj 
#adc #aej #ada #afb #ada #adc #afd #ade #afb #jdj 
#aea #afc #jdj 
#afc #ade #aff #ade #aef #jef

This one was too easy, so I might give out the original hint later.

▼Day Five

lfb xwq x,qyxtqxw ung fl xwq xqyxw zfyxw zg xbsq cf.q hn.q xf zq
xwq xwtbu vwnbnvxqb fl xwq xwtbu ;qxj ,wtvw t; q

▼Day Six

The fifteenth, seventeenth, twenty-fifth, forty-third, forty-fifth, and fifty-first time signatures of Dream Theater's "Dance of Eternity" add up to what number?
https://youtu.be/8Ik9qECIWgc?t=17s

▼Day Seven

All along, it was right there in front of you.

▼Day Eight

▼Day Nine

http://www.fastswf.com/gE_SNBg
here's a fun one.

▼Day Ten

Oh yes, a crossword. This will definitely require at least some googling.
Also, if a clue has multiple words, do not forget the space. I know, that's weird, but still.

▼Clues

Across
1. What site were the first forums on?
3. Dishonored, pre-code.
4. BIG RED LOBSTER MAN
6. I startled one of these once.
8. this crossword got sexy jesus in it
10. I died in the Great War. One of my sisters died first, and you know her name.

Down
1. HE ATE THE PAINTING.
2. 314 firefly
5. block hell
7. Now she does feast, as she's become the beast.
9. gemo alceli

▼Day Eleven

http://www.mediafire.com/download/fs177 … loween.exe
ah, yes, an EXE this time.
to close, right click it in the tray and click Exit.
suggestion: open notepad
beg

▼Day Twelve

http://www.mediafire.com/view/7kv8g565i … un_yet.bmp

▼Day Thirteen

CJ6gVHAAQpoHV

▼Day Fourteen

it's hidden in plain sight

▼Day Fifteen

oJShVTuio2ftnTShMPObo29eVTAupvOxo29l

▼Day Sixteen

00101110 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101110 00101110 00101110 00101110 00100000 00101110 00100000 00101101 00101110 00100000 00101111 00100000 00101110 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101110 00101110 00100000 00101110 00101101 00101110 00101110 00100000 00101110 00101101 00101110 00101110 00100000 00101111 00100000 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101101 00101110 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101111 00100000 00101101 00101101 00101110 00100000 00101110 00100000 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101111 00100000 00101101 00101110 00101101 00101110 00100000 00101101 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101101 00101110 00101110 00100000 00101110 00100000 00101111 00100000 00101110 00101101 00101110 00100000 00101110 00100000 00101101 00100000 00101110 00101110 00101101 00100000 00101110 00101101 00101110 00100000 00101101 00101110 00100000 00101111 00100000 00101110 00101110 00101101 00101110 00100000 00101110 00101101 00101110 00100000 00101101 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101111 00100000 00101110 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101110 00101101 00100000 00101110 00101101 00101110

▼Hints for the Clues

http://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewto … 13#p550213

http://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewto … 50#p551050

http://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewto … 10#p551410

http://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewto … 60#p551660

http://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewto … 07#p552107

http://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewto … 00#p553400

http://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewto … 06#p554606

http://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewto … 79#p554679

▼Special Thanks

Anak
Bobithan
Ninja
Nou
Pingohits
"Thug Life"
ZeldaXD

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

Please, do not allow zeldaxd to join it

Zoey2070

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From: Shakuras

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

Please, do not allow zeldaxd to join it

how do you propose i ban someone from a publicly posted gem hunt

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

Please, do not allow zeldaxd to join it

how do you propose i ban someone from a publicly posted gem hunt

and why shouldn't zeldaxd be allowed to play?

Saturn

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

... Lol i figured out the cryptic Hint Already.

Abelysk

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

*Prepares by downloading cryptographic tools and audio steganographic decoders*

Prodigy

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

How many gems is it
o_O

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

How many gems is it
o_O

Maybe read the image in the OP? Just maybe.

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hummerz5

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

It is an awkward font, though.

Sorry, but I really don't expect the 'no brute-force' to carry.
Perhaps a way to layer the first eight days to the last eight days...
If it takes 5 seconds to do a gem code (just ballparking eh)
And there's 10 numbers and 26 letters...
On the last day, brute forcing would take 3 minutes.
On the second-to-last, 108 minutes. (1.8 hrs)
On the third-to-last, 3,888 minutes. (64 hrs). At this point, you're in the clear.
But that's assuming there's a five second delay. Reality is probably more like 50/sec

If it is 50/sec, those numbers are .012 minutes, .432 minutes, 15 minutes, 9 hours, 14 days . With that number, you reach closer towards the last four being in brute-force territory.

96 tense hours of hoping that some malignant gent doesn't decide to throw your honor system out.
Or you could hope that the admins would go "oh too bad" and give you another. Then you could take the gems for yourself. win-win.

jk.
just consider numbers.

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

It is an awkward font, though.

Sorry, but I really don't expect the 'no brute-force' to carry.
Perhaps a way to layer the first eight days to the last eight days...
If it takes 5 seconds to do a gem code (just ballparking eh)
And there's 10 numbers and 26 letters...
On the last day, brute forcing would take 3 minutes.
On the second-to-last, 108 minutes. (1.8 hrs)
On the third-to-last, 3,888 minutes. (64 hrs). At this point, you're in the clear.
But that's assuming there's a five second delay. Reality is probably more like 50/sec

If it is 50/sec, those numbers are .012 minutes, .432 minutes, 15 minutes, 9 hours, 14 days . With that number, you reach closer towards the last four being in brute-force territory.

96 tense hours of hoping that some malignant gent doesn't decide to throw your honor system out.
Or you could hope that the admins would go "oh too bad" and give you another. Then you could take the gems for yourself. win-win.

jk.
just consider numbers.

All characters are released but the order is said along with the last clue

Clue - Position
1 - 4
2 - 7
3 - 1
4 - 13
5 - 2

etc...

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Zoey2070

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From: Shakuras

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

*Prepares by downloading cryptographic tools and audio steganographic decoders*

:>

It is an awkward font, though.

Sorry, but I really don't expect the 'no brute-force' to carry.
<stats>

If it is 50/sec, those numbers are .012 minutes, .432 minutes, 15 minutes, 9 hours, 14 days . With that number, you reach closer towards the last four being in brute-force territory.

96 tense hours of hoping that some malignant gent doesn't decide to throw your honor system out.
Or you could hope that the admins would go "oh too bad" and give you another. Then you could take the gems for yourself. win-win.

jk.
just consider numbers.

to be honest, what's stopping someone from just bruteforcing literally random gem codes?
and lbr if someone can make a program to bruteforce a gem code, I am fairly certain that they have a fairly good chance of being one of the few to figure out at least some of these clues. maybe. i'd say they're not SUPER hard, but could just be me.

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

If you have to go as far as to bruteforcing a gem code on a flash game...

*faceplant*

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STD

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

If you have to go as far as to bruteforcing a gem code on a flash game...

*faceplant*

facepalm*

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hummerz5

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

valid points. I'm probably illustrating this because I'm a math nerd more than anything. Thanks for humoring me!

(36!)/((36-16)!*16!) using combinatorics for total possible variations, I get 7307872110. Stop me if I'm wrong... cuz this next math is weird.

why not brute force everything?:

total combinations: 7,307,872,110
Let's say there are 500 gem codes. (ha)
14,615,744  (then there's this many for all the not-gem codes with one gem code)
Say we can do 50/sec (that's 20 milliseconds for each)
81.198 hours
... wait what?
4059.92895 hours if there's 10 gem codes. 

The question becomes how many people actually have outstanding gem codes. Really, that's the important detail. Precision is key, as the curve gets pretty intense towards the extremes (10 is extreme). 6 is 6700 hours. 20 is /only/ 2030 hours.
Alright, someone point out the hole in my logic > the more users EE has, the more gem codes, the more stolen gems? I imagine active gem codes is linearly related to active users... but brute forcing possibilities skyrocket.  Interesting conversation starter.

but you don't have the order!

Good math. 
7307872110 possibilities. 
however, my math knowledge escapes me here. The number used there is too high, as there is a chance for the duplicate characters.
But I'm not sure what the chances are... or how to use them. SO
if anyone has ideas, do tell.

>if there's six duplicate pairs (too high, ik)
105 days.

wow. such combinatorics

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Purge2202

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

I figured it out already. Here's the full explanation:

▼Hidden text

You r dum

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Nebula

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

Challenge accepted.

Zumza

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

Does a gem code contains only letters or does it contains numbers and special characters as well?
You will specify what type of character we must find in the clue?

This seems a very interesting gem hunt.

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Nebula

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

Will be interesting to find clues for free.

Zoey2070

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From: Shakuras

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

first clue is up
godspeed

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

first clue is up
godspeed

yeyeye i know wat dis is

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Nebula

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

godspeed is 1
Gem-code is already figured! (not yet)
1051-????-????-????
OFFTOPIC: 600 posts! Woohoo!

daneeko

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

i dont get how to decrypt this

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Nebula

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

i dont get how to decrypt this

Use online caculator

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Re: GEM HUNT | Sixteen Days of Halloween

how do i decrypt a video into a text godamiet

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